30 Oct 2007

Former church pastor in American Samoa serves 15 days in prison for assault

11:09 am on 30 October 2007

A former church pastor in American Samoa is serving 15 days in prison for assaulting a 16 year old girl.

Kolose Fruean initially faced several sexual abuse charges involving the girl while he served as a pastor of the Congregational Church in Masausi village.

Two months ago the government dropped the sexual offence allegations and Fruean pleaded guilty to the assault count, which is a misdemeanor.